Wall-papering device



S. G. CANELLOS WALL PAPERING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED JML22. 1920.

1,354,430. Patented Sept. 28, 1920.

A fro/M 5)? unrrsn stares STEVE G. CANELLQS, 0F CONNELLSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA.

WALL-IPAPERING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Sept 28 1920.

Application filed January 22, 1920. Serial No. 353,144.

means whereby paste or adhesive substance is automatically applied to the paper as is withdrawn from the roll.

further object is to provide a device of the character mentioned which may be moved from place to place on the floor of a room to position it with respect to the wall which is being papered for facilitating the apDlication of the paper.

it still further object is to provide, in a device of the character referred to, an adj ustable cutter whereby a strip of paper may be split to any desired width by the mere act of withdrawing the strip from the roll.

With these and other objects in view, the invention resides in the features of construction, arrangement of parts and combinations of elements which will hereinafter be described, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1' is a sectional elevation of the invention, and

Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the same.

Referring to said drawings, 1 indicates a suitable base upon which are mounted two opposite sides or members 2 of a frame which comprises said members and connecting tie-rods 3. Mounted on the opposite frame members 2 are the opposite ends of a paste reservoir i which is preferably of semi-circular trough form in cross section, and j ournaled for rotation in said reservoir or trough is a roller 5 having a covering 6 of felt or other suitable material adapted to absorb or take up a quantity of the paste carried in the trough and to apply the same to the surface of a strip 19 of paper as the latter is drawn thereover in a manner which will hereinafter be explained.

Removably mounted on the frame member 2 at a lower level than said trough 4: and preferably located forward of the latter, as shown in Fig. 1, is a roller 7 upon which the roll 8 of paper is carried. Journaled in the upper part of the frame members forward ofthe roller 5 is a smaller roller 9 to and over which the strip 19 of paper passes from said roller 5, and by which surplus paste applied to said strip is removed. And located adjacent to and forward of said roller 9 is a small roller 10 under which said strip is passed and from which said strip is drawn vertically for application to a wall.

An inclined apron 20 extends from the front upper edge of the trough to a point underneath the roller 10 for receiving and conducting back to the trough any surplus paste which may drop from the paper strip in its passage to and under said roller 10 The roller 5 is preferably made hollow and has open ends so that the quantity of trough-carried paste displaced thereby is practically negligible. A bar or spider 11 fixed across the ends of said roller 5 has trunnions 12 designed for mounting in bearings provided therefor in the frame members at the lower ends of entrance slots 13.

In practice, a roll 8 of paper is slipped over the roller 7 which is then mounted in position on the frame. The outer end of said roll is then drawn back underneath and upward in the rear of the paste reservoir or trough thence over the paste-applying roller 5 to and over the small roller 9, thence to and under the adjacent roller 10, whence it is drawn upward for applying to the wall. As the strip of paper is drawn over said paste applying roller, the latter is rotated by the friction of said strip, resulting in a coating of paste being applied to the reverse face of said strip. As heretofore indicated, surplus paste so applied is removed by the roller 9 as the strip is drawn thereover.

Adjustably mounted upon a transverse rod carried by the frame, as upon one of the tie-rods 3, is a bracket 14 which may be rendered fixed in adjusted position by means of a set-screw l5. Pivotally mounted on said bracket is one end of an arm 16 which carries upon its front end a small roller 17 having a peripheral cutting edge. Said arm is adapted to be swung on its pivot to and from a position in which the roller or cutter 17 overlies the paste-applying roller 0. Suitable means is provided whereby said arm is held more or less firmly in its forwardly-swung position for exerting such pressure as will cause the cutter 17 to produce an incision in a strip of paper as the latter is advanced between the cutter and the yieldable covering 6 of the roller 5.

" As herein shown, said holding means con? sists of a leaf-like spring 18 attached to the bracket 14; and disposed to apply pressure to the space to which the strip of paper is to be applied.

1. Apaste-applying device forwall paper, comprising a frame, a paste reservoir or open trough form carried by said frame, a

hollow paste-applying roller mounted for rotation wlthin sa d reservoir and having a paste-carrylng covering, said roller having a: diameter approximating the interior diameter of said reservoir, guide rollers jour na'led on said'frame in front of said reservoir, a roller for carrying a roll of paper Journaled 1n sald frame below the level of said paste-applying roller and from which paper passing to said guide rollers is drawn over said paste-applyingroller, and a transversely adjustable cutter whereby paper drawn over said paste-applying roller may be split, said cutter comprising a spring pressed arm movable to and from overlying relation to said paste-applying roller, and a rotary disk having a peripheral cutting edge carried by said arm. V

2. A paste-applying device for wall paper, comprising a frame, a paste reservoir of open trough form carried by said frame, a hollow paste-applying roller mounted for r0- tation within said reservoir and having a paste-carrying covering, said roller having a diameter approximating the interior di ameter ofsaid reservoir, guide rollers jour 'naled on; said frame infront of said reservoir, a roller. for carrying a roll of paper journaled'in said frame'below the level of said paste-applying roller and from which paper passing to said guide rollers is drawn over said paste-applying roller, and a transversely ad ustable cutter whereby paper drawnover said paste-applying roller may 7 be split, said cutter comprising an arm movable, toand from overlying relation to said paste-applying roller, a rotary disk having a peripheral cutting edge carried by said arm, and a spring whereby said arm is maintained either in operative position or'in a withdrawn inoperative position. 1 p

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two subscribin witnesses.

G.- ANELLOS. Witnesses: i

THos. J. RUDGE,

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